as in dead
no longer living
the recently deceased tenant was found by a concerned neighbor
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as in died
to stop living
no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased
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Recent Examples of deceased
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
22 June 2026
Even when fraud is obvious – for example, when a deed was signed by someone who was already deceased – courts generally require formal litigation to remove the cloud from the title.
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Donovan McCarty,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
Crimesider Staff,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2018
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
For the first time, there are more players deceased than living from the Miami Dolphins‘ historic 1972 Perfect Season team.
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Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
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Adjective
While the tool is supposed to flag potential noncitizens and deceased voters, a number of American citizens who are foreign-born have been mistakenly flagged as potential noncitizens by SAVE.
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Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
22 June 2026
Even when fraud is obvious – for example, when a deed was signed by someone who was already deceased – courts generally require formal litigation to remove the cloud from the title.
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Donovan McCarty,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
Noun
GEDMatch is one of the databases used by the DNA Doe project, a non-profit that works to name the deceased who remain unidentified.
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Crimesider Staff,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2018
Verb
At the scene, officers found Mohamed's wife and two sons deceased inside their home.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
For the first time, there are more players deceased than living from the Miami Dolphins‘ historic 1972 Perfect Season team.
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Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceased
Adjective
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Both were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
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Satellite photos showed the destruction in Venezuela left by two powerful earthquakes that struck Wednesday and left more than 900 people dead.
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Using forensic genealogy — a technique that can help pinpoint living relatives of a deceased person based on the decedent's DNA — the lab was able to identify possible family members by 2025.
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The military funeral honors at a service will include an honor guard with at least two members of the military, one of whom will represent the decedent’s branch of service, the playing of Taps and the folding and presentation of one American flag to the next of kin, according to the VA.
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The extent of any aid package will have to match the emerging picture of how many have died, how many remain trapped under the rubble and how many Venezuelans will struggle yet further for food.
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The family of Binh Pham, one of the crash victims who later died at University Hospital in Columbia, has hired Wendt Law Firm.
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Jackass Forever was dedicated to Dunn and concluded with a moving tribute to their fallen comrade.
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Hudspeth and other volunteers took over the cleanup by picking up leaves and fallen branches and cleaning broken and toppled headstones.
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The family project is interrupted by the appearance of a corpse – that of an annoying neighbor (played by John Carroll Lynch) with a habit of buzzing his woodchipper in the middle of the family’s filmmaking efforts.
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One concern of mine was corpses.
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The pallor of mortality is a reminder, for some, of the heat wave in the summer of 2003, when nearly fifteen thousand people perished in France.
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And because the war was still on, the arsenal was quickly rebuilt and brought back online while those who perished were placed in a mass grave in the Allegheny Cemetery, marked only today by one large stone, tucked away on the far side of the burial grounds.
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Women, who make up more than half (55%) of Social Security recipients ages 62 and up, on average collect $5,254 less annually than men, according to a FinanceBuzz analysis of the government's latest data.
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These figures mark a clear increase from depressed crossing rates seen during much of the Iran war since its start in late February.
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The most dangerous situation appeared to be on Barrington Avenue, west of East Dundee Village Hall, where a light, a utility pole and part of a parkway tree were felled by strong winds, leaving power lines dangling across the road.
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John Adams famously wrote to his wife, Abigail, that smallpox was killing 10 soldiers for every one felled in battle.
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“Deceased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceased. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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